COLLECTIVE BARGAINING see also Labor Unions

Articles and editorials

Big Labor’s VA Choke Hold, S3581 [11JN]

Bills and resolutions

Bankruptcy: improve protections for employees and retirees in business bankruptcies (see S. 2589), S4404 [10JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: modify authorities relative to collective bargaining of employees in the Veterans Health Administration (see H.R. 4580), H3446 [6MY]

Labor unions: clarify the illegality of the use of violence to achieve objectives during a strike (see S. 2535), S4153 [26JN]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (see H.R. 4320), H2743 [27MR]

——— modify authority relative to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices (see S. 2885), S5782 [18SE]

——— require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information (see H.R. 4321), H2743 [27MR]

Remarks in House

Chattanooga, TN: Volkswagen of America, Inc., plant workers vote on union representation, H2056–H2059 [27FE]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee, H5226, H5227 [10JN]

Federal employees: limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee (H.R. 107), H5226 [10JN]

Harbors: resolution of west coast ports ongoing contract negotiations, H8286 [3DE]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (H.R. 4320), H2999 [8AP]

——— require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information (H.R. 4321), H2999 [8AP]

Remarks in Senate

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S6508–S6510 [10DE]

Federal employees: expand list of Federal agencies excluded from collective bargaining rights to include the IRS and Dept. of Veterans Affairs, S3580 [11JN]

——— limit circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee, S3580 [11JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations, S2044, S2077 [2AP], S2294 [9AP], S2334 [10AP]

——— protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (S. 204), S3775 [18JN]

Ludlow, CO: anniversary of confrontation between miners and National Guard and Colorado Fuel & Iron Co., security personnel known as Ludlow Massacre, S2466 [29AP]

NLRB: permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees who are working under a union contract (S. 1542), S2431 [29AP], S3775 [18JN], S3906 [24JN]

——— prohibit funding to require provision of lists of employees eligible to vote in labor organization elections and one additional form of personal contact information, S3648 [12JN]

Reports filed

Employee Privacy Protection Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4321) (H. Rept. 113–583), H7387 [9SE]

Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act: Committee on Education and the Workforce (House) (H.R. 4320) (H. Rept. 113–653), H8930 [9DE]

Texts of

S. 2589, Protecting Employees and Retirees in Business Bankruptcies Act, S4410–S4414 [10JY]